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His "Tales of the South Pacific" were based on his experiences there in the Navy during WWII |
(James) Michener
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One of the two men named Max who slugged it out in a heavyweight bout in June |
Max Schmeling (or Max Baer)
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This region encompasses Denmark, Norway & Sweden for sure, but some include Finland & even Iceland |
Scandinavia
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The word for this Biblical food is probably a corruption of "man hu", meaning "what is it" |
manna
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"Old Veto" & "Old Grover" |
Grover Cleveland
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This wedding gift given to Arthur & Guinevere could seat 150 knights |
the Round Table
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He set a major part of his novel, "The Sun Also Rises", at Pamplona during the Fiesta of San Fermin |
Hemingway
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The day this New York City mayor was elected, he tried to chase Tammany thugs out of a polling place |
LaGuardia
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This line, subject to stress, runs from the Gulf of California to San Francisco |
(Donna: What is a fault line?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
the San Andreas Fault
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It's made from a long rope of dough that's boiled, glazed with egg, salted, twisted & baked |
a pretzel
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"The Hero of San Juan Hill" |
Teddy Roosevelt
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After Arthur's death, Guinevere took the veil & became one of these |
a nun
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The Nobel committee cited "The Winter of Our Discontent" in awarding him the 1962 Literature Prize |
John Steinbeck
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In the 1933 film, this actor, playing an actor, commits suicide & misses; "Dinner at Eight" |
John Barrymore
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To find the highest point in his country, a Greek should seek this peak |
Mount Olympus
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If you order pilaf, you'll be served this grain |
rice
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"Big Bill" |
William Howard Taft
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He used his magic to gather the stones that make up Stonehenge |
Merlin
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1927 Sinclair Lewis novel described as "a bitter satire on hypocrisy among the clergy" |
Elmer Gantry
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This gangster who boasted he could write his name on a wall with bullets was captured on September 26 |
Machine Gun Kelly
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Holy city of the Sikhs in which you'd find the Golden Temple |
Amritsar
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In the U.S., this refers to a small, quick bread; in the U.K., it can mean a cookie or a cracker |
a biscuit
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The purest & noblest knight, his name has become synonymous with chivalry |
Sir Galahad
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A father dooms his daughter's romance, then dies in this Henry James novel named for a New York City locale |
Washington Square
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Congress passed the Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act, setting the terms for this country's independence |
(Alex: And we have a minute left in the round.)
the Philippines
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It was called the East Indies, then the Dutch East Indies & now it's this |
Indonesia
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Middle Eastern dish made of ground, spiced chickpeas shaped into balls & fried |
a falafel
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"Old Buck" |
(Alex: The man who preceded Abraham Lincoln, [*].)
James Buchanan
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This knight who fatally wounded Arthur was either his son or his nephew |
Mordred
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